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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 11, 2025

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1. Security Leftovers

   Security links

2. Rust-Based COSMIC Desktop Gets 5th Alpha Release with COSMIC Media Player

   System76’s highly anticipated COSMIC desktop environment written in Rust, continues to develop with the 5th alpha release, which is accompanied by new ISO images of the upcoming Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS distro.

3. Calibre 7.24 Open-Source Ebook Manager Released with New Features and Bug Fixes

   The weekly Calibre updates continue and developer Kovid Goyal announced today the release and general availability of Calibre 7.24 as the latest stable version of this powerful, cross-platform, free, and open-source suite of e-book software.

4. Linux Foundation On Chromium browser

   How will this work

   New

5. GNU/Linux and Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

   remaining links for today

6. Programming Leftovers

   Development related links

7. today's howtos

   Instructionals/Technical picks

8. Linux 6.6.71

   I'm announcing the release of the 6.6.71 kernel

9. Auto-cpufreq 2.5 Introduces Fedora 41 Support and Bug Fixes

   Auto-cpufreq 2.5 CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux introduces EPB support

10. Latest From IBM's redhat.com

    redhat.com posts

11. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Now Works on the HiFive Premier P550 RISC-V Development Board

    Canonical, the company behind the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, announced today that they’ve partnered with SiFive and ESWIN Computing to enable Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on the HiFive Premier P550 RISC-V development board.

12. Android Leftovers

    Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices In 6 Weeks—Forget Chrome And Android

13. Web Apps Make Switching to Linux Much Easier

    If that's you considering Linux, then web apps are something you should look into

14. GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers

    mostly GNU/Linux

15. Windows TCO and Security Leftovers

    Security focus

16. EasyOS Daedalus-series version 6.5.4 and Easy Scarthgap-series version 6.5.4

    new release

17. Fedora and Red Hat Leftovers

    mostly Red Hat

18. Programming Leftovers

    Development and education

19. Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers

    FOSS and DBs

20. Browsers: Tor Browser 14.0.4, Tor Year in Review, and Midori Browser 11.5

    Web and Net news

21. Best Free and Open Source Software

    This is free and open source software

22. Linux Distributions Mostly Ubuntu or Debian Based

    TUXEDO OS is a Linux distribution that’s based on Ubuntu / Kubuntu

23. Open Hardware/Modding: Raspberry Pi 5 and More

    Raspberry Pi 5 still dominant in news

24. today's howtos

    Instructionals/Technical posts

25. Games: Space Invaders, OrangePi Neo, and More

    11 stories, mostly from GamingOnLinux

26. KDE: Snaps 24.12.1 Release, Kubuntu Plasma 5.27.12 Call for testers

    I have released more core24 snaps to –edge for your testing pleasure

27. OpenSUSE Tumbleweed - Okay, but glory all be from the past

    To the best of my memory, and I'm purposefully not checking me own article history, I've never reviewed openSUSE Tumbleweed

28. Stable kernels: Linux 6.12.9, Linux 6.6.70, Linux 6.1.124, Linux 5.15.176, Linux 5.10.233, and Linux 5.4.289

    All users of the 6.12 kernel series must upgrade

29. 10 Linux apps I always install first - and you should too

    If you're just now jumping onto the Linux train

30. I rescued my dying 2017 MacBook Pro with Ubuntu and it works like a charm (mostly)

    If you have an older MacOS device lying around, why not install Linux to give it a new life

31. Today in Techrights

    Some of the latest articles

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